Student housing provider Unite Group has raised £300m in a placing. A total of 32,693,930 new ordinary shares were placed with institutional investors at a price of 905p, raising £296m. Retail investors subscribed via the PrimaryBid platform for a total of 441,989 new ordinary shares, raising £4m. The issue price of 905p represents a discount of […]
Castelnau Group (CGL) announced that further to the issue of new ordinary shares in connection with its acquisition of Dignity, announced on 5 May 2023, the company will issue a further 7,479 ordinary shares in connection with the listed share alternative pursuant to the statutory squeeze out. The board of Strategic Equity Capital (SEC) has […]
SEGRO has completed the acquisition of 419 hectares of land at the former Radlett Aerodrome in Hertfordshire for £120m, where it plans to develop a rail freight terminal with 3.6m sq ft of logistics warehouse. The land is located close to the M1, M25 and A1(M) and sits alongside the Midland Main Line railway. The […]
As the UK continues to grapple with high inflation and interest rates, investing in property is not for the faint-hearted. One of the strongest options, however, appears to be student accommodation. The fundamentals supporting growth in the sector are striking. University applications continue to rise – both from domestic students and more rapidly from overseas […]
DX Group Plc has reached an agreement with the administrator of Tuffnells over the running of its UK logistics sites. Urban Logistics REIT (SHED) has 12 sites let to Tuffnells, which fell into administration earlier this month. Nine of the 12 leases, which in total account for 3.3% of SHED’s income, will eventually be transferred […]
QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 June 2023: CLS Holdings (CLI) has secured a 30-year lease with the City of Essen at it office scheme The Brix, in Essen. The City of Essen will take 17,400 sqm (187,292 sq ft) of space, with the lease benefiting from indexation. CLS will spend €20m over the next three years […]
CK Assets has received enough support from shareholders for its 80p bid for Civitas Social Housing and the offer has now become unconditional. Just over 64% of Civitas shareholders (including CK Assets’ 17% holding) accepted the bid, which was made on 9 May and was a 27% discount to net asset value (NAV) but a […]
Urban Logistics REIT has reported a strong operational performance in annual results to 31 March 2023, with net rental income up 45%. However, EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) was down 14.0% to 162.44p, reflecting the outward movement in investment yields in the real estate sector in the high interest rate environment. The group’s portfolio was […]
Schroder REIT increased its dividend by 14% last year on the back of strong operational performance. Estimated rental growth (ERV) on the diversified portfolio (which is skewed towards industrial assets) was up 9.2% in its financial year to 31 March 2023, while EPRA earnings was up to 3.3p per share. This fully covered the dividend […]
LXI REIT has reported its first results since its merger with Secure Income REIT, showing “material cost savings” feeding through to earnings growth. EPRA earnings per share (EPS) was up 36.1% to 8.3p (31 March 2022: 6.1p), while adjusted cash EPS was up 17.5% to 6.7p for the year (31 March 2022: 5.7p). This fully […]
